1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2026-001-FA

Identifier 2026-001-FA
Alternate names COLDSHIFT 2026
Purpose New England area study of cold season water and chemistry dynamics in salt marshes.
Location Chatham, MA, Scarborough, ME and Goldsboro, ME
Info derived Surface and porewater chemistry, GHG fluxes.
Comments Continuation of 2024-027-FA and 2024-004-FA. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2025-004-FA.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2026-01-01
End (port not specified) 2026-12-31
Days in the field 15
Activity events
Start date End date Description Account
2026-01-05 2026-01-12 Time series water sampling of Cockle Cove Marsh (Chatham MA), Scarborough Marsh and Goldsboro Marsh (Maine). Collect surface water and porewater samples, GHG fluxes. Meagan Eagle, Elisabeth Boles and Julia Guimond (WHOI) and Talia Cartafalsa (ODU).
2026-02-03 2026-02-06 Storm sampling in Chatham MA. Meagan and Ellen on 2/3 and Meagan and Jen on 2/6. Porewater and surface water sampling collections. GX26LQ00V332200
2026-03-03 2026-03-03 M Eagle and E Boles (WHOI) to troubleshoot IQ at Chatham marsh.
2026-03-12 2026-03-12 Eagle to Scarborough to replace pH electrode and collect porewater and surface water samples.
2026-05-27 2026-05-27 Field sensor maintenance at Cockle Cove Marsh in Chatham, MA. Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles and Elisa Boles.
2026-06-30 2026-06-30 Eagle and O'Keefe Suttles remove EXO CCM.
2026-07-06 2026-07-10 Eagle, Julia Guimond (WHOI), Elisa Boles (WHOI), Talia Cartafalsa (ODU) and Laila Elbaroudy (WHOI SSF) in field at Scarborough, Goldsboro, and Wells Reserve Maine to collect porewater and surface water samples, download sensors, and make GHG measurements over tidal time series.
Bounds
West -71.47705078
East -67.01660156
North 45.35214525
South 40.97989807

Personnel

Organization
Goodwin Marine Services
Hull, MA02045
(781) 925-0977
Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Meagan J Eagle
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Julia Guimond, WHOI; Joseph Tamborski, ODU
Affiliate staff Elisabeth Boles, WHOI; Talia Cartafalsa, ODU

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling, Geochemical
Data type: Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Chemistry, Experiments (geochemical)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
O2 sensor Dissolved Oxygen (no data reported)
pH sensor pH (no data reported)
Push Point porewater samplers Chemistry, Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, ORP, Methane, Nutrients (no data reported)
Field water quality meters Chemistry (no data reported)
Masterflex Portable Peristaltic Pump Chemistry (no data reported)
Chambers for gas flux measurement Experiments (geochemical) (no data reported)
LI-COR 7810 CH4 CO2 analyzer Experiments (geochemical) (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity